Clothes-washing device.



G. B. WJLSON. CLOTHES WASHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED. JAN. 14, 1909.

Patented July 6, 1909.

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Qazy m GEORGE B. WILQN,OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

- CLOTHES-WASHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Application filed January 14., 1909. Serial No. 472,161.

Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement inClothes-lvashing Devices, ofwhichthe following is a specification.

i The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, simple andeflicient'devicefor washing clothesetc. of the type shown in 'my LettersPatentof the United States, No.

904,242, November 17th, 1908.

The invention is embodied in the construction hereinafter described andthen particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying, drawing illustrating said embodiment-Figu're 1 is aview illus trating a fraction of atub with the device attached,thedevice itself being illustrated partly in elevation and partly insection. Fig. 2 is a view of the bottom portion of the apparatus. Fig. 3is a detail partly in sec,-

tion and elevation illustrating the fnlcrum connection of the washeroperating lever.

Like characters of reference in, the several views designatecorresponding parts.

. y The washer head or agitator proper ineludes two hollow cones ofsheet metal, one of, the1n 5 arranged within the other-4 but spacedapart to form a chamber between them. The said cones dand 5 areconnected by a vertically arranged sheet metal ring 6 extendingfroiir'the lower edge of the inner one to inner side of the wall of theouter one, the ring being soldered to both. The lower edge of the innercone and ring 6 projectbelow the plane of the corresponding edge of theouter cone, and the lower edge of the outer cone forms a projectingannular hood, as seen at 4., the function of which is to prevent thesplashing due principally to the violent blowing of air throughperforations- 6 in the ring or wall 6. The upper or small.

a distance from the notched bar that when the lever is in about thehorizontal position .the upper portion of the part 16 is confined jwiththe edge 16 engaged with one of the end of the outer cone is open and isclamped between the expanded skirts of two sleeves 7 and 8, the shorttubular end of the inner sleeve 7 being threaded into the longer tubular portion of the outer one 8. Above the of the sleeve 8 is a collar 9having a bore of smaller diameter than that of the valve chamber and insaid collar 9 the valve rod 10 works and is guided.

11 designates the valve attached to the rod 10, said valve being of adiameter to fit close against the Walls of its chamber. The valve 11 is,if desired, suitably packed and its vertical play in the chamber is such,as to open the ports 8 when the rod is raised, and to close the saidports when the rod is depressed. The rod 10 operates both the valve andthe washerhead.

17 designates a bell-shaped deflector supported by lugs cast integralwith the sleeve one of which lugs is shown at 17; The

function of this deflector is to direct the air The rod 10 is hingedlyconnected to a. long lever 12 of wood which is provided at one end witha suitable handle and said lever is fulcrumed at its other end on asuitable standard, the latter being detachably secured by a clamp screw13 to the tub. The standard referred to is composed of a part 15 thathas two legs, one of which receives the said clamp screw 13, and a part16 that is swiveled at 15 to the part 15. The part 16 has an opening 16through which the end of the lever 12 is passed. The upper side of thefulcrumed end of the lever 12 is furnished with a metallic bar 12 havinga series of notches, and the upper portion of the part 16 is made withan edge 16 adapted to engage any of said notches. The upper side of theend of the lever 12 above the notched bar 12 is provided with a rail 12that is oiiset from the notched bar, or stands at such aforesaidnotches. The upper side of the part 16 above the engaging edge 16 isrounded, as seen at 16, so that the lever 12 can vbe rocked withoutseriously springing the rail 12. But the handle can be readily forced,by slightly raisin it, from one hearing to another so that t e washerhead or agitating device can, with the aid of its swiveled connection,be pressed down on the clothes in all parts of the tub.

- In practice the washer head or agitator is.

reciprocated, u and down, on the clothes in the water or su sin the tub.In the upward movement of the device the ports v8 are opened and airdrawn in or admitted to the chamber between the cones. When the washerhead is forced quickly down and de pressed into clothes and water orsuds in the tub the ports 8 are closed, the air confined within theinner cone and chamber between the cones is compressed, and because thisair seeks a state of ordinary atmospheric pressure, some of it passesout through the openings 6 in the wall 6 and through the water or sudsin the space between the hood 4* and said wall 6 and through the clothesstanding across that space. The downward pressure, of the -washer headalso forces water and suds up through clothes brought against the screenin the lower portion of the inner cone.

In the upward movement of the washer head the clothes are promptlyliberated from the other and spaced apart to form a charnher, said conesbeing open at their apices, a wall provided with perforations joiningthe lower portions of sa1d cones, and a wall at the upper portion of theouter cone forming a valve chamber having an air port, and a movablevalve in said valve chamber to open and close said air port,substantially as described.

2. In a clothes washer, the combination of two hollow cones located onewithin the other and spaced apart to form a chamber, said cones being 0on at their apices, a. wall provided with per orations joining the lowerportions of said comes, a screen across the interior of'the inner ofsaid cones, a wall at the upper portion of theouter cone forming avalvechamber having an air port, and a movable valve in said valve chamber toopen and close said air port.

3. In a clothes washer, the combination of two hollow cones located onewithin the other and spaced apart to form a chamber, said cones being 0en at their apices, a wall provided with periorations joining the lowerportions of sa1d cones, a deflector between the apices of the two cones,a wall at the upper portion of the outer cone forming a valve chamberprovided with an air port, and a movable valve in said valve chamber toopen and close said air port.

4. ln a ClOllhQSfiVtlShl', the combination of two hollow cones locatedone within the other and spaced apart to form a chamber, said conesbeing open at their apices, a perforated upright wall connecting thelower edge of .the inner cone with the inner side of the wall of theouter cone above the lower edge of the outer cone, thereby providing aprojecting hood around said upright wall,

a wall at the upper end oft-he outer cone forming a valve chamberprovided with an air port, and a movable valve in said valve chamberadapted to open and close sa1d air port.

GEORGE B. ILSUN.

Witnesses:

BENJ. FINoKEL, A Ana Games.

